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13.5     How will you convert: 

                (iii) Methanol to ethanoic acid

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methanol on reacting with phosphorous pentachloride, OH is reduced by Cl to form chloromethane, which on reacting with ethanolic sodium cyanide gives CH_{3}CN followed by acidic hydrolysis it produces ethanoic acid.(CH_{3}COOH)

 

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